Inventors:
Dana Thompson Link - Cincinnati OH
Anthony M. Sacchetti - Weymouth MA
Lewis H. Marten - Westwood MA
Assignee:
Hood Laboratories - Pembroke MA
Children's Hospital Research Foundation - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
A61J 1700
Abstract:
A device for allowing visual examination of the swallowing of fluids by an infant which includes a nipple mounted housing, a feeding tube for feeding fluid into the nipple, openings in the nipple to allow the fluid to pass or be sucked therethrough, a further opening centrally located in the nipple through which an endoscope is passed to allow for such visual examination.